New Netgear WiFi adapter capable of dual 108Mbps streams

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12.27.2004 :: 9:15AM EST

A quiet, yet amazingly capable product introduction in the wireless world took place recently. Netgear, popular developer of PC peripheral devices, released a USB 2.0 WiFi adapter that is capable of handling two 802.11a/g streams. Dubbed the WG111U, the device is armed with Atheros' advanced chipset which hosts Atheros' Super G technology. The technology enables a theoretical throughput of 108Mbit, and claims to achieve an actual end-user throughput of 60Mbit per second (per stream). Netgear says that a firmware upgrade would also be available; the upgrade would enable their latest offering to support Atheros' extended range (XR) technology. For more information, see the related EETimes article.

USER COMMENTS 12 comment(s)

This sounds cool…but….(11:06am EST Mon Dec 27 2004)How does it figure in on what Daisy had for lunch today ???? – by Chef Mondo

oh please(1:21am EST Tue Dec 28 2004)Why are companies still trying to upgrade wireless technology? Seems they would get more done perfecting what they have, and at least making it more user-friendly for people who couldn't tell you the difference between a cache and a buffer. I hate trouble shooting peoples networks…please stop making new technology and wait for people to understand what is already out there. Trouble shooting sucks, and things like this are why people like me have to do it all the time. Okay rant over, neat technology, but it needs to wait. – by Pvt_Snoball

cache vs. buffer(2:29pm EST Tue Dec 28 2004)It is not so bad to not know the difference between a cache and a buffer, after all some cache memory acts as a temporary buffer. besides, those people that don't know the diffrence are often more inteligent and richer than yoursefe. What would you do for a living if people stoped asking questions? DIE! – by Iron

cache vs. buffer(2:29pm EST Tue Dec 28 2004)It is not so bad to not know the difference between a cache and a buffer, after all some cache memory acts as a temporary buffer. besides, those people that don't know the difference are often more intelligent and richer than yourself. What would you do for a living if people stopped asking questions? DIE! – by IronSmith

cache vs. buffer(4:21pm EST Tue Dec 28 2004)It is not so bad to not know the difference between a cache and a buffer, after all some cache memory acts as a temporary buffer. besides, those people that don't know the difference are often more intelligent and richer than yourself. What would you do for a living if people stopped asking questions? DIE! – by Smith&Iron

I live in a low rent neighborhood(11:58am EST Wed Dec 29 2004)and the wifi spectrum is nearly saturated.Please don't go selling technology that doubles (quadruples?) the number of channels used.

What's weird is that every so often, every channel disappears, even ours that comes from 25 feet away.Anybody know what interference, not in our half of the house, could blow away everything?I'm guessing our closest neighbor has a portable phone. My gut feeling is that it's something even less tractable – by Kev, a Swing Dancer

wireless sucks(7:20pm EST Wed Dec 29 2004)its a con being put on by the fbi to con us all into thinking there isnt a con when there is one… – by sees through fog